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  Yesterday I read that the Rocky Mountain News closed its doors.  In 1992 I went through a similar experience with the closure of the Gwinnett Daily News. That day started with me running late.  I called our photo editor, Bryan Stiles, to see where my first assignment was to be so I could go [...]

I did a program for the Nashville Photography Club tonight.  The title of the program was “How to make images with impact”.  I showed sample photos from when I worked as a news photographer and also some family photos I have made over the years.  I described how to use things like Emotion, Decisive Moment, Leading lines, [...]

Friday 13, unlucky…or so some say.  For me it as usually been a pretty good day, and today was no exception.  I had a meeting downtown on Music Row with the guy who helps me with my investments, and while I have lost some in this stock failings, it was not as bad as many [...]

I did a shoot at A-1 in Belle Meade today.  It was an interesting shoot, with the first photo being a photo of all the store employees.  Forty people in a store is an interesting thing to attempt.  Very fun to try to keep the thing lit decently and keep shadows off of everyone’s faces.  [...]

I spent most of the first part of this month working on new promotional materiel’s.  I designed a new portfolio book I had printed at Blurb and worked on a few other things. One morning Ashleigh said I needed to look at the sky and she was right, it looked like the world on the [...]

This evening we went to the Chinese New Year celebration at Father Ryan High School.  This is the large Chinese New Year celebration in Nashville.  It was a lot of fun seeing so many of  our friends perform.  We started the evening off with supper then moved to the performance hall and watched the show.   [...]